LATE 19TH- EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The current four panels depict part of the Eight Famous Views of Yangcheng, Yangcheng being the informal name for the city of Guangzhou. Yangcheng, literally translating as 'sheep city', is based on the legend of five sheep ridden by Daoist immortals who visited Guangzhou and introduced the cultivation of rice. The specific locations incorporated in the Eight Views have varied over the centuries, from the Song period to the present day. The views depicted on the present lot most closely resemble the version held during the late Qing period, which include the sites Shimen, the Temple of Boluo, the Pearl River and the Temple of Baiyun.